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South Carolina restaurants resist mandate to list nutritional data on menus.
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Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
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December 22, 2004
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2004 The Post and Courier. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Kris Wise
Dec. 22--Restaurant menus that show the calories or carbohydrates in food help dieters watch their weight and allow finicky foodies to monitor what's going into their mouths.
Unless, that is, the chef inadvertently slips an extra quarter-cup of pasta into that one-cup serving.
Or your favorite restaurant switches mayonnaise makers.
Or the kitchen decides to replace pine nuts with pumpkin seeds one day.
For the millions of Americans who start watching what they eat every New Year's Day, relying on menus for dietary information might not be the best way to keep those resolutions, dietitians say.
What's more, supplying diners with the ...
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